The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 12 June 1923

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    16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. I TEN CENTS. SINGAPORE, SA, TUESDAY, JUNE 12,"!^^ No. 10,91:5
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    179 1 A Home newspaper has allotted tt» Singapore the world's largest floating riock, taken from the Germans, and «ight hundred men at Chatham are *-aicf to be busy on it Page 7. The Anglo-Persian Oil Company fa to i l3^ strucl «t rich m Mespot Two ship accidents
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    OUR BRAVE WOMEN OVERSEAS.
    1683 1 Tfaft whole Empire hat been deeply moved by the heroism of Mrs. Starr, the bravo lady who went with a single Indian noncommissioned officer into the tribal lands of j the North-West Frontier of India to rescue pom- sev«enteen-year-old Miss Mollie Ellis. Only those who know
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      258 1 m MUADAV —Tea Dunsan> Fu»e>t Hallroom m the East. TUKSDAY.-Dinner Dance. I (,riU B«>ni adjoining Dining Room WEDNESDAY— Orche«tml Concert. I open B a.m. to 12 p.m, THURSDA In7 G n Uesit Nighw D ™ep H nnd r>anc» I SEA VIEW 7 HOTEL. Tanjong Katong. Telephone 110 I Singapore. HIGH
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      263 1 CHILDREN S BOOK WEEK I During the week comm^oinglflonday, 11th June all EDREN'S BOOKS ALP PRICE and get best selection Messrs KELLY WALSH, Ltd. (Incorporated m Hongkong j BOOKSELLERS PUBLISHERS STATIONERS 30 31 Raffles Place, SINGAPORE I quietness""! 3 You wajit quietness m a d typewriter? Ail right; sizes I
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      136 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMEIMTfe. Munieipahty caTl for teruiers g aa coal Kiyptok Icmmi at Ezekiel's— p a^ 4 I 1 oil-engr.nes of the Borneo Co.— Pa^e (ynia Tavannes watches Pa#t» o Local representatives wanted for r™ electric lamp ma^?urerLp^ Flat to be Jet m Amber Mansions—Page Inspection of Gleniffer cargo— Page 9
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      203 1 THE WEEK Hiffh w«ter/y.48 a.m., 9.16 p.m. League II: Seletar vs. Y. M. C. A., S. C. F. A Loague U« Ex- Services vs. Middlesex, S C C League II: R. E. vs. S. C. C, Malay«. Lodge Zetiunu Rvpular, "i.30 p.m. Wedn—dmg, l.ith. High water, [0.24 a.m.. i».4T p.m.
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    48 2 N.W3 was received m Honpkone en May ISth of the death m ShanThii two days previously of Mr. John Marshall Conway former sub-ed tor of the Hon-kong Telegraph who hid ben *:>r^n on the editerial *taff Of ,he ShanBhu Mercury .ince .at He had serv d with th!
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      7 2 Profo,,or hL Dix? n n<ißrd Cf behavour-
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      183 2 TO UKt OR FOR SALE. LARGE <.o DOWNS, newiy erected area from 10,000 to oO.OGC sq. ft. fay riff river. LARGE STORES from 6,000 U 24.U00 pq. ft. near wharf and shipping. Also three etgried balding:s fcr oflicec an<J j: xlowtis. Centrally situated AU immediate entry, going cheap Apply or
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      589 2 IHFIIrAAJ i SURINA S^aafIMJULBMiXUBL£S Z A A N OK A MILLION! 5 Which would you choose? LOVE AND LET LOVE— z SEE— is the creed of 5 rti» rr i^r\f\ THE BUTTERFLY MAN. Jf>O UUU Thursday his last niffht. a AN HOUR Notable Cast. Louise Lovely, Rosemary E J n
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      155 2 j NOTICES. NOTKM. NOTICE is hereby given that all the roads 6 P.m. on Thursday, the 14th June 1928. Dated this 9th day of June 1923 9 6 i 4-6 NOTICE. l a^°V Cc J 8 h e^ lfl S to all concerned that Iwrtl bjn Hadjee Ibrahim is no
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      328 2 Alhambra In Our Next Change MONDAY. 11th JV\v SA TURD AY H IN THE SECOND SHOW AT ft pNT Topical Budget British Screen News. HODKINSON PKESECTTTnd mtm Keeping up with I.i 22ie In 6 P.rts C Is a fast moving comedy that creates many sniiles and hearty laughs from the
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      86 2 I NOTICES. ELECTRIC LAMPS. A FIRST CLASS CONTINENTi (FACTORY DESIRES LOCAL J I PRESENTATIVES FOR THE Sll OK ALL KINDS OF ELEC BULBS. Apply m \rritin£ U> Caro of Sil Th, Y. MC. A. [o f f C^J TypewriUm S van cod) and Book Y. M C. A I LADIES
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    629 3 PHASER CO. EXCHANGE AN ft SHARE DSQKBR3. MONDAY, JINK 10th. MINING. I U n:ui.;.v i n brar'ket.s show the issue valiM marked -i x div u S"; anfe^ ;t lii Tu 52V4 Hitam Tin ($1) 1.37^ L42% I Jelantoh 10 20 nom. I Jchan Tin 40 4o
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    KISSING BARRED.
    96 3 The Municipal Coanci] of Home is res-L parted to be eeeking to prohibit kissing] m publU. If successful, tHa Council will be following .the example of America m its early Puritan <iays. In one recorded! instance a sea captain named Kemble. of Boston, was i» 1656 set for
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    126 3 The family of the Earl cf Moray, whose sen is to marry Lad> Rachel Cavendish, ore noted for their gosd looks, inherited! from the "Bonnie Eari," sn-in-law of the Regent Moray, who was done to death at Donibriatle m 1592. The Earl of Kuntly and G rdon of P.uckie laid
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      175 3 1923 MODEL LOYBS OF f^USIG DODGE CARS J^ ™li-c tuaxTver 2^^211 I ALL KINDS 0F MUSICAL L^r^sloC^TED "wiTi^noDGE HOUSE 0F TH TARS. THERE ARE VAST IMPROVE- BATCHY MUSIC. MEXTS IN THE BODYWORK, THE l 0 OTih Bridge Road. HOOD IS OF AN IMPROVED TYPE SINGAPORE. iTted Y ai E l
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      362 3 I softening qualities also for the X---^ I 1 unique manner in which it pro^ iv 1 f ace-cream *-;ver discovered. 0/ «w «/temi8f« and perI "Tirir AtrtiA«n fumiers in India ard The I THE GX\GE?{ &EAUTIFIER Crn (r or > rotn v^Kmma Furo Co., Leeds, England. f Smiles Cured
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    IN NATURE'S WORKSHOP.
    550 4 Machinery of Evolution. Professor Sir Arthur Keith m the first of a series of UetOTM at the Royal Institu*tion on the kind of machinery used by Nature m the evolution of the human body and brain, told his aud:<once: The present situation was that studonts of modern
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    EDUCATION: SIAM'S DIFFICULTY.
    200 4 In Siam the compulsory Education Act passed Home time ago is gradually providing free primary education for all. and substantial progress is being made there, according to the Bangkok Times. There the problem is simpler than it is likely to b.» m Malaya for some years. Some
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    ATOMS AND ADAM.
    138 4 The idea of tapping the enormous energy contained m the constellations we refer to as atoms was till recently regarded as the dream of the visionary, but Sir Oliver Lodge an d others are now daily referring to it as a commonplace of the near future. Professor
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      1152 4 ,Jil|Bß||^k Debt of Gratitvide.* &m Wk± Ulcers the Size of Man's Hand/ $^^$T Our Portrait ii of Mr. C M. THOMPSON, of 4. Midland Grove ■mj&'"Wr ig» Edward Road. Baiaall Heath. Birmingham. England, who writes: $$3ra£ j^ H\ "In July last I happened to get a Blood Mixture and decided
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      331 4 You who tire quickly, feel depressed, or Run-down, remember Wincarnis is always ready to help you to regain strength to banish depression to promote new, rich, red blood to surcharge your system with new nerve foree and to create new vitality. Because Wincarnis is a Tonic, a Restorative a Blood-builder,
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      377 4 V Allen burgs I 3KCilk Food d\[ 0 I 1 Solves Three Problems, one of wM X 1 every Mother has to fcce. 1 Where Breast Feeding \iW W AUenWury, 1 M,',k Food N UtMjr MT eomppaition with human tmli. WO f^ the delicate diieMic n f I* contain* n>
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    HIGHLANDS AND LOWLANDS.
    1237 5 SIX F. SWETTENHAM DEFENDS KESTiiICTION. The -Wenteenth annual general i>ie ef the Highlands and Lowlands Para Rob jber Company, Ltd., was held on lUy 8 Q the Council Room of tho Robber O overs' i Association, Sir. Frank A. SwetUr.ham, G.C.M.G., OH. (the Chairman), presiding. The Chairman
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    FEEDING THE ENEMY.
    535 5 PROLONGING THE WAR. iii Rear- Admiral Consett's remarkable book, 'The Triumph of Unarmed Forces," there are several matters profoundly af- tl fecting the national and Imperial interests; but they all hingv upon the statement that from 1914 to 1917 this country was pouring supplies through the neutral
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    79 5 The Corporation of Rangoon has decided to recommend a terminal tax, or octroi, on all commodti s brought into the town. The members were undecided whether toj fa*©t3 the proceeds to urgent public works, I or for water, sewerage and roadways, or to use it to ray the inter: st
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      408 5 TO LET. _Offic«9 > n Rafflt9 Q ua y fac »ng the nificent view f t* Harbour and Three floors, total area about 6,000 I****' Rent t less than half the usual) •S^Bcniem. Immediate Entry. Apply POWELL CO., LTD. H and 17 Raffles Place. v.c. H large first floor flat
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      537 5 NOTICES. Dollar Directory 1923-4 Issue A popular publication at a popular price. Used m every office, home and institution. $2 Post Free. Dollar Directory. I Company. Dunlop House, ROBINSON ROAD. MUNICIPAL NOTICE Sewerage Engineer's office during office hoS Tenders on prescribed forms ami enclosed Tn the en ye opes provided
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      491 5 ~IOTIOIS <l Mq 14 Battery Road, yMk^« *^Jp/ repugn t? s^^^ enV ab fwrnPfTn- 01 8 f l° m 1 2 Pocket w™^ B8 from $2.50. Thermometer* f£m g 5> BinocilllllPS from $32 50 Magnifying Glasses from $2? TewJ2 r^JSjTS an^ Drfiwin Materials of every description. Kitchen. Verandah, Drawing Room
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      DEATHS.
      44 6 AN SON. May U, at St. Leonard»-on-S««, laabelk* Jane, wife of Major-General Sir Archibald E. H. Anson, K. C. M. G., R. A. CAPEL.—On Jutve 9, 1923, at "nosaimjnU Cottage," 32, Larut Road, Mary Constant*, widow of the late .Jnmc* Bernard Capel, ag<ed
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      BIRTHS.
      43 6 J-AVELL.—May 3, at Bournemouth, wif« of |j. M. Favell, laiping, Perak. F. M. S., a «#n. who lived only few hours. MILNE.—At the Maternity Hospital, P.'-nanjr, j on the Bth June, the wife of Mr. John Mathew*on I.n<',1 .n<', of :i daughter.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1923. Our Labouring Population.
    1046 6 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1923. Our Labouring Population. According to the last number of the local Gazette, m the first five months of this year 69,709 Chinese deck passentfors arrived m Singapore, oi which 51,386 were adult males. This is just a thousand less than m the corresponding
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    78 6 Sir John Salmond has been promoted Air Marshal m reeojmition of his services m Iraq The Voice of India, a new Bombay evening daily, issued its first number on Saturday. Doctors Kelly and Howe assumed duties m Kedah m place of Doctors Wheeler and Tertnis Clark. Two armed robbers wearing
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    JOHORE ' RUBBER COITPONS CASE.
    439 6 JOHORE RUBBER COI T PONS CASE. CHINESE TOWKAY CONVICTED. The hearing of the trial of Chiang Kia Jin, First Class Auctioneer and Appraiser of Johore Bahru, on two charges of cheating and w ith giving f&lse information to thu Collector of Land Revenue at Johore Bahru, in respect of rubber
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    352 6 -c*Mr. A. Milne, of Moms. Weanx Brothers' Penang Branch, who was successfully operated upon for append: it;s at Sine.ar.oiv, expects to be out of hospital a week hence. Major-General Pabst. the new Dutch j Minister for Tokyo, leaves the Netherlands Indies at the end of this month to take up
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    LOCAL WIRES.
    12 6 ww»tiy •hot i,;,, f wnUet of raieu, 111 i >•■ .I,.,;,;";
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    ANTI-OPIUM SOCIETY.
    34 6 (Fr I Xl ll Lumpur J. Society, which hi EL* I*"*1 1 bu«ldin R Th, pr Hi!; It was decided bo r,. u Ua Officers u-.T. I e»UUd „f the Chi.* >„,,.. v
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    PENANG NEWS.
    28 6 (FromOu 0 ,ie dest 11. Roa-bl, S m iatioi Th, Strait ■tinner Pansrkoi too ch,^ w r a M.iun. had been thr,, heavy squall 7 h
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    A CHINESE "RAFFLED" CAUGHT.
    463 6 rWBLVE CHARGES OF BOig. BREAKING A jroui I mst whom i at house breaking ami theft h preferred, wmi tle.-ori Ahearne m the Second i Cm J terday morning, at th Mitchell. A.S.P.. attached V I Road <li\ sion. and lvniar.: Several of the by the
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    33 6 A Chanpha W Ithtt*^ I owtaf to the ---lvr; n e n; tian m,- at WM'inr n anti-Japar^s, larded a rarty t> *1 stoned. The rarty I killtaff three and wounded I I
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      97 6 1 COATES Klf ?i^» Plymouth Vm% (jrin ?^K! The Navy's Choice. CALDBECK. MACGREGOR CO., LTD. (Incorporated m Shanghai). Office, 45 Robinson Road. Telephone 228. PATRONISED BY ROYALTY. [NEW AND FINEST PATTERNS IN ENGAGEMENT RINGS SET WITH DIAMONDS AND WITH GEMS IN PLATINUM AND GOLD SETTINGS Prices Suitable for every Buyer.
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      136 6 Fairbanks- Worse "V" OIL ENGINES 10 h.p. to 200 h.p. Thankful that they, j Installed a *V" Engine. '*Wv have not h<ul a paitielc of troub'e with it. Aflef starting it m the morning we ;<l.ist the lubricating oil and cooling wat.'i* and baldly ever go down to it aprain
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      58 6 The Treasurer's statement of the assets and liabilities of the Colony of Hongkong on the 31»t December, 1922, showed a balance of assets amounting to $12,658,(U2. TXr. P. L. Sabapathy, who recently I pawed the final examination at thy King Edward Medical School, has joined Government Service, and is now
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    SINGAPORE'S FLOATING DOCK.
    381 7 SINGAPORE'S FLOATING DOCK. L N O\V REPAIRING. [Reuters Service.] „1 KA SK THK GERMANS. London, June 11. |*rge*4 floating dock, surGernmny under the Peace H ing rendered partially BN- at Chatham for j wo ik. it is reliably believed k at the new naval base Eight hundred men are resige.
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    SIR CLAUD SEVERN.
    106 7 Honirkonp Daily Pun of June Birthday Honours List oonIt.v larac number of names I tlu- Far East. The Hon. ?«vern, C.M.G, who has been Commander of the Most Order of the British Empire, known as Sir Claud Severn, .future, has little more y<ar to go before he
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    10 7 Meteorological Society, oa Bcnest delivered some umatras* of the Malacca
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    BULGARIAN COUP D'ETAT.
    529 7 MARTIAL LAW. [Reuter'a Service.] POPULAR WELCOME. Sofia. June 10. The overthrow of the Cabinet is warmly welcomed all over the country, and a ministerial statement declares that no force can shake the new Government, which, consolidated by the general will of the people, will re-establish the constitution
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    A POOR JUMPING-OFF PLACE.
    208 7 "Nauticus" writes to the "Manchester Guardian" that even if it is assumed that the new base at Singapore is intended as a counter-move to a possible Japanese threat to Australia m future, it is difficult to unlerstand why British warships are to be NiMd on a
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    DEFENCE PROBLEM.
    1462 7 LONDON'S SAFETY OR SINGAPORE DOCK. It is six weeks since attention was called m this place to our defencelessness m the air. No other word will do. Lord Birkenhead was strictly accurate m the debate of Wednesday last when he said that J France ha j more than
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    "SPECTATOR" ON NAVAL BASE.
    373 7 On Tuesday, m the Houet of Commons, be Naval Estimates wire discussed m ./ommittee. and the debate turned on the icposal to fortify Singapore Harbour at a •cst of £10,000,000. The Labour Party, and kbi Liberal Members to an only lesser IrfflMi regaukd the fortification of
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      118 7 JVST RECEIVED THE "UNIVERSAL" BEVERAGE SHAKER I IN FINEST QUALITY NICKEL PLATE I^3 No. 121 CAPACITY ONE PINT #7~iSk PRICE $3.50 lE. I^B No. 122 CAPACITY 1\ i PINTS I PRICE $4.50 S '^V c invite inspection of our new and m '^B extensive stocks of high class CATALOGUE ON
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      576 8 BLUE FUNNEL LINE Regular Service to i <»NDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN, GENOA, MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. BOSTON AND NEW YORK. Taking cargo on through Bill of Lading for all Overland Points. HOMEWARDS. rfn« Singapore. ELPENOR Marseilles, Havre, Liverpool and Glasgow In port
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      573 8 a ELLERMAN w LINE. KLLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP <fe, LtC (Incorporated m li-^laiid) PASSENGER SERYIC3. Steamer OUTWAMD. Slwpere. fs.s. CITY OF KARACHI China— Japan Oct. 6 ♦s.s. CITY OF PARIS China— Japan Nov. 16 ♦s.s. CITY OF CANTERBURY Cl ma—J apan Dec. 27 HOMEWARD. ts.s. CITY OF MANCHESTER Marseilles— London July
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      514 8 P. O. BRITISH INDIA and APCAU NRs (Incorporated m England) MAIL, PASSENGER CARGO BERVK*. PENINSULAR ORIENTAL isTEAM N\\, VTI( V LONDON FAR EAST MAIL SBBVICI l (Under Contract with His Majesty's Gwemmca OUTWARDS from LONDON. Hr n,.,,. Tonnage. Singapore. KHIVA 9,000 June 24 BAEDINU Sla^P*i KASHMIR 9,000 July 8 DELTA
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      615 9 Ocean Steam Ship Company, Limited. tThe China Mutual Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. AND Ellerman Bucknall Steam Ship Co., Ltd. (AMERICAN MANCHURIAN LINE.) (Incorporated iv England.) ST 9 0nCl 1O BOSTON AND NEW YOUK via SUEZ OB K4MA4A. FROM NEW YORK. tr«m*ri Doe S'por* Route or O i MADRAS July 1
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      500 9 ADMIRAL LINE (Incorporated m U.S.A.) FAST PASSENGER SERVICE IS> DAYS— HONGKONG TO AMERICA. Steamer. Saii* Hongkong. ArriYea Seattle. PKESIDEXT JACKSON June 15 July 4 PRESIDENT JEFFERSON Junt 27 July 16 PRESIDENT GRANT July 9 July 28 PRESIDENT MADISON Juiy 21 Aug. 9 PRESIDENT MCKINLEY Aug. 2 Aug. 21 And every
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      291 9 N V X LONDON LINE. Haruna Maru June 12 Kamo Maru June 26 LIVERPOOL LINB. Tateuno Maru June 26 Tottori Mtru July 13 HAMBURG LINB. Dakar Maru June 25 Tsuruga Maru mid July NEW YORK LINE ria SUEZ SOUTH AMERICAN LINB. Kawachi Maru end June Kamakura Maru Aug. 5 BOMBAY
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      682 9 ISTHMIAN LINE Arriving from America via Panama and Loading for BOSTON, NEW YORK, AND BALTIMORE VIA SUEZ DEJECT. ANNISTON CITY due Sing:, pore June 28 FAIRFIELD CITY due Sin^iporo Jul7 28 STEEL TRAVELER due Singapore Au£. 28 Taking carp- o on thtough Bill* of Ladbp to ail Inland Poir.N. For
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  • SHIPPING NOTES.
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      MAIL BOAT RAMMED BY CARGO STEAMER.
      69 10 London, June Throe ptlMDgin and thirty crew of the Liverpool-Belfast mail boat Graphic had B perilous experience through the ramming and sinking- of their ship by the American cargo steamer Balsam m Belfast l.ouph half a mile from land. The Captain promptly beached the
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      GROUNDING OF SABAH.
      142 10 A tuurt of enquiry was held at Sundakun, consisting of Mr. H. Myddetton, magistrate JMUd A. D. Kelnian and Charles GrUßtt, Master Mariners to inquire into the cause ef the glOUndfclg of the Saban Steamship Cu.V vessel Sabah on the 11th March. 1923. on Bone danger unknown.
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      AMERICAN AUXILIARY CRUISERS.
      311 10 In answer to what appears on this side to be the rather unnecessarily bitter opposition to the Shipping" Board's proposal to recondition for the Atlantic service the two former German flyers Agamemnon and Mount Vernon, the author"ties lat Washington have declared that quite «^l>art from the necessity
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      227 10 UNDERWOOD Improved PORTABLE Model THE MACHINE YOU WILL EVENTUALLY BUY. I PATERSON, SIMONS CO LTD. 1 (Incorporated m England). I SINGAPORE, PENANG, KUALA LUMPUR. I BOORD SON, london I jjj Loofc for t/ie "C4T and BARREL" Trade Mark when Ordering:- A Cordial Old Tom Gin. London Dry Gin. Pale Orange
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      340 10 it; MARK. "Great Auk's Head" fp Pilsener Beer W| SOLK IMPORTERS The Borneo Company. Ltd. Incorporated m England). Singapore-Ipoh-Penang. THE MARK OF GOOD OIL m.^BßSfynr^fl^ riot! KEROSENE JH&s^ KEROSENE BRILLIANT ECONOMICAL Asiatic Petroleum Co. (S. S.) Ltd. Li«»rFor«t*d Rmflaxtf.) Thos. Cook ft Sob. I norddeuisgbbm PASSENGER AND I ORWARDINI. AGENTS.
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      726 10 MAIL TABLE. TO-DAY. Pulau Soegi Btnuitt 9 a.m. Cucob Hong Soon 9 a.m. Sir.^kawang, Selakan, Pemangkat and Sambas Singkel 9 a.m. Kota Tinggi Hong Hin 9 a.m. Cucob Hong Cheang 9 a.m. Krrimbn Fook Mow 9 a.m. B&ndjeima&ifl Sarie Borneo 11 a.m. Prigi Radjah. Tembilahan and Indragiri Sri Wongsee noon
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    EXCHANGE.
    75 11 June 11 Bank 4 ni.s. 2 4 5-32 Bank demand 2j4 1-16 Private credits 3 m.s. 2)4 13-32 New York, demand 53 Credits 90 days 56 France demand 170 Hongkong, demand p.c. Dis. Yokohama, demand 109 Java, demand 140% Bangkok, demand 80 Sovereign, Bank Buying 8.54 Bank of England
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    PRODUCE.
    142 11 June 11. Tin 60 Tons $99.50 Gambier Cube No. 1 24.00 Gambier 12.50 Pepper White 22.50 Pepper Black 14.50 Tapioca, small flake f.g. 11.00 Pearl Sago small 7.50 1 Copra 10.60 Copra Sundried 11.10 Opium, Bena'-ts unc 4,000 h\cf. Rangoon white 230.00 Rice, Sim No. 1 for expoit 250.00
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    44 11 Singapore, June 11th, noon. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. S]rtrt 49 Mj. Singapore Standa.d Ribbed Smoked Sheet, Spot 49 2 60; July-Sept, j G2 52%; Oct.-Dec. 54*4 54%; Jan.-March 5!"-% 56. London quotation sheet Is. 2%d. Market Dull. 1
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    N. BORNEO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    242 11 The minutes of the Committee meeting held on 26th May state, I .ter alia: Present.— Mr. F. W. Pinnock (it. the J Chair), Mr. W. A. Anderso?. Mr. J. Gsorge, j Mr. D. M. Matthews with Mr. C. K. T .ang-|* lands (Honorary Secretary.) W
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    MACPHAIL'S REPORT.
    112 11 Singapore, June 11. Rubber. London Lft. 294 d. Loca! 49 Tin. London, June Bth. tl&8 10s. Loca| t»ft (50 tons sold). Shart Market. Quiet. Rubber**. Ayer Molekl L 35 1.40. Al.'onbys 125 I.W, Indragiris 4.95 5.05, JermiQ Kuantans 40 45, Malaka Pindar l.'n 1 TanibalakH 75 80. Tins.-
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S REPORT.
    162 11 Singapore, June 11. Tin.— ll9B. 10s. 99 Ms 50 tons sold. Rubber. Is. 2%d. Rubbtrs. Ulu Bonuts 25 30. Sunjrei Brog-as 65 70, Tambalaks 72 s 77%, Kuala Sidims 2.30 2.40, Malaka Pindas 1.r,0 1.55, Aycr Moleks 142% 1.0T 1 United tfalaecaa 140 1.43, Kedahs 2.30
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    EMPIRE EXHIBITION.
    121 11 Mi. Ormsby-Gore, i«.piy;ncr to Sir ila»ry Brittain m the House of Commons, said t was not yet possible to grve figures with iriy degree of accuracy as to th? outlay by the Governments of the dominions m connect on with the British Empire Exhib tion, since the extent
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    AUSTRALIAN EGGS HALL MARKED.
    312 11 The Victorian Egg Pi xlucers' Federation has issued to its members a brand by K'hich individual producers prgs may be *nown m thj market. The brand is circular. Across the centxv are the words Golden Yolk, and around the margin the name of th>j Federat on
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
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      A MALAY PATRIOT.
      477 12 n> the Editor. Sir, The announcement recently appearing in one of the local newspapers that Mr. MA Zin of Kedah who ha- just leturned to his native soil after long -ojoum in England, where he received University education, intends to found a a scholarship after the name
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    368 12 Before Mr. Gourlay m thy Third Police Conirt. a Chinese, prosecuted at the instance of Detective Inspector Lyons for theft of some jewellery amounting to $600, was convicted and remaTuri^d for sentence until this morning., A < hinese was produced before Mr. Ahearne m the Second Pclice Court ye.«terda\ moraine;,
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    CHINA EDUCATIONAL COMMISSION.
    846 12 The China Educational Commission was a Commission of exports, appointed in respcitSC to a frequently expressed desire of missionaries to make "a careful study of the higher institutions of learning" in the IttOcL It consisted of sixteen members, re-r-usentative of the Missionary Societies of Gtt«I Bi Haiti
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    30 12 Ie m h Tso Morning Post has. begun the publi ,n cation of Colonel Alfred Rawlinson's stor; id of adventures including hazardous com missions m Persia and the Near East.
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    97 12 INTER-STATE FOOTBALL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 11. A weak Selangor team drew with Negri g. nibilan at Seremban on Saturday, the score being one all. (KYI, ON GOLF MEET IN ENGLAND. London. May 29. The Ceylon Golf Meet opened at Lfttl*hampton to-day. Rain fell continuously
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    HOME BOXING.
    25 12 London, June 3. A Sydney mesaage layi Frank Morgan of New South Whiles knocked out Kid nsilva of India in the ■eventti round.
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    EMPIRE SHOOTING.
    101 12 s. African OuVer'i offer. 11m Army Council accepted from Ml >flker fornn.ly m the South African Defence Force*, an offer of mining ?ecuritit-s fielding an annual income of approximately t'l,ooo for the encouiapement of niniaturt rifle shooting among the youth of the Empire. The fund will be vested
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    SELANGOR TURF CLUB.
    120 12 The enti lei for the Selangor Race Meeting ie\t week are a> follows: Ponies. Bolter, Chandan, Barangkali, Motherless, Druid, Nankin, Captain Cuttle, Koom, Hobo, Snail Awo Sheila. Cleopatra, Pinafore, Speed Arrow, Smasher. Appliuse, lill, Mis- Fairfield, Pawang, Crebilly, Nora, Dodger, Sterling, Digger. K\-(iriHin Hence. Bab/, Orthes, Indra,
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    CRICKET.
    220 12 The cricket match played at Pulau Ram on Saturday between thi> V.M.C.A. and t I M. K. t-n«I« d |n «i win f(»r the Engineers 4 wickets. The feature of the match was the batting of L.-Cp. Barnes, who comP'hd 57 before Ih waa bowled by Ignatius. Scores: V.
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    THE COUNTY CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP
    143 12 Won Lo>t Pts. VV. L. Ist In. Ist In. Pot* Obt. Per. \'utM. G 0 2 0 40 34 85.00 Lams. 4 0 1 1 30 22 73.33 Toiks. 5 12 0 40 29 72.50 Sussex. S 1 0 I 18 25 71.42 Surrey r, l
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      ST. JOSEPH'S FIGHT AGAINST MIDDLESEX.
      531 12 Although they were beaten by three goals to one on the Fadang yesterday in the Singapore League, the St. Joseph's Old Boys gave a display that was even better than against the Chinese last week and, as a team, they were better than the soldieis.
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      First League Table.
      99 12 The following will play for tin* Y.M.I .A. against Seletar United to-day on the S. F.A. ground:— lbrahim bin Bunos; I. S. Stil;»:ur;ti and 11. C. Mills; C. D. Smith. C. A. Morris and A. Kirn; R. Dorasamy, C. E. Smith, Peek Liang, MoM Zin. and R.
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      S.C.C. vs. S.C.F.A.
      39 12 Tfce S.C.C. will have a very weak lid (mm against the S.C.F.A. on the Padann tone rrow. The team will be: Dean; Gray. Gale; Winter, Lee. K<Jlin; Wardle. Me I. Brown, R*>\ Smith. Jamieson mv) ramphell
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      L. L. T. C. YESTERDAY'S PLAT.
      22 12 L. L. T. C. YESTERDAY'S PLAT. Ladies Doubles, Final. Mis. Cantrell and Miss Brooke beat .Mi<^ Stephenson and Iliai Paweett, <» 3—6, 7—6.
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      Y. M. C. A. TENNIS.
      35 12 Tuesdays Ties. S. N\ Ahmad and G. ,T. Dnwson \.s. A. X Schuciel and S. E. Nowbery. I Abed and S. Abed vs. Tan Chonj? Cark and (Mu)n>r Chee Lim.
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      ROY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION.
      83 12 Wednesday, 13th Band Practice, p.m. FRANK C. SANDS, Commissioner. Sir Arthur Yapp, National Secretary of the Y'.M.C.A.. interviewed, said that the Turkish ban on the V.M.C.A.'sin Constantinople, referred to American associations and had nothing to do with the work of the British V.M.C.A., from which the American
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